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Posted October 11th, 2011 by Jenny Kattlove
California lawmakers just made it easier for millions of children to get the health care they need, while, at the same time, building on California’s role as a leader in advancing technology. Specifically, Assembly Bill (AB) 415 (Logue), which was signed into law by Governor Brown late last week, will enable millions of children and [...]
Posted July 17th, 2009 by Jenny Kattlove
Every day the California Governor and Legislature fail to pass a budget that restores Healthy Families funding, nearly 1,000 children are denied access to health coverage. Starting TODAY, the State’s Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) will begin to deny children health coverage through the state’s Healthy Families Program. That’s because MRMIB must begin budgeting [...]
Posted July 13th, 2009 by Jenny Kattlove
Proposed state budget cuts to the Healthy Families Program remain at $90 million. If this cut is included in the final budget package, an estimated 570,000 children would lose their only source of affordable health coverage, unless funding from outside sources is secured. In fact, the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) would freeze enrollment [...]
Posted March 17th, 2009 by Jenny Kattlove
Through the recently enacted federal economic stimulus package – the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – the federal government has made available over $11 billion to California for our Medicaid program, Medi-Cal. However, receipt of these additional dollars is contingent on maintaining July 2008 Medicaid eligibility levels and enrollment/renewal procedures.
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Posted January 16th, 2009 by Jenny Kattlove
SB 1, authored by Senate President Steinberg and Senate Health Committee chair Alquist (with principal co-authors, Assemblymen Jones and Chesbro), would ensure all California children have health coverage. The bill will be heard in the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday, January 28th.
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Posted December 9th, 2008 by Jenny Kattlove
Last week, Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) was officially sworn in as President pro Tempore of the State Senate. A long-time champion of children’s health coverage, Senator Steinberg pledged that the Legislature will take action to expand health insurance coverage for all California children within the first 120 days of the new term.
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Posted November 17th, 2008 by Jenny Kattlove
More than 162,000 eligible children are at risk of falling through safety net and losing hope of needed health coverage.
Posted September 24th, 2008 by Jenny Kattlove
After months of stalemate, a state budget is finally in place. Penny-wise and pound-foolish, the significant cuts to children’s health care in the 2008-09 budget will reverse a decade of progress in covering our state’s children and cause much costlier problems down the road.
Posted September 18th, 2008 by Jenny Kattlove
On Tuesday morning, the California Legislature approved a budget for fiscal year 2008-09 that reverses years of progress in covering children by including provisions that will result in nearly 300,000 children being dropped from health coverage – increasing the number of uninsured children in California by almost 40 percent.
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Posted August 26th, 2008 by Jenny Kattlove
This week, the plight of children’s health in this year’s state budget garnered front page media attention.
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